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Eldad Beck

The Israeli election, which is heating up, must not distract us from a disturbing development that is gaining traction in the U.S. election: the battle by the radical left wing of the Democratic Party to legitimize the anti-Semitic boycott, divestment and sanctions movement.
With anti-Semitism now accepted in the public discourse, it has become clear to Europe’s Jews that they are living on borrowed time.
The same Germany that prides itself on having learned the lessons of its Nazi past and heralds its friendship with Israel supports organizations, in particular in Arab and Muslim states, that disseminate the hatred of Jews and Israel, or demonstrate scandalous tolerance for such hatred.
It is quite possible that once Chad restores its relations with Israel, other Muslim-majority countries in Africa will follow.
A troubling trend has taken over the ‎German establishment’s approach towards Israel, by ‎which Berlin sees it as something of a ‎problematic colony that refuses to accept the burden ‎of the central government in Berlin or Brussels.‎
The European Union has systematically acted in violation of international law and the Oslo Accords.
British Labour Party leaderJeremy Corbyn is a hopeless case. He will continue to believe what his Palestinian friends tell him: that Israel is a Nazi state, that Hamas and Hezbollah are peaceful organizations, and that Israel must be sanctioned and isolated.
U.S. indictments against 12 Russians for hacking Democratic Party officials, filed days before Trump’s meeting with Putin, cast a shadow over the historic summit • Neither leader came to Finland to fight. They came to try to forge a new bilateral dynamic.
It looks like Trump and Putin aspire to restore the United States and Russia to their former glories, and cut Europe down to size as dependent on the grace of Washington and Moscow.
The situation on the U.S.-Mexico border and the influx of illegal immigrants to Europe attest to a reality that must be described accurately: invasion.
Israel should begin to engage in polite discussions with the German government over the problematic nature of its involvement in Israel’s internal affairs and funding of Palestinian organizations that do nothing to promote peace.
For the Europeans, if there are no Palestinian casualties, which are presented as a sacrifice on the altar of the war on the Jewish state, then there is no reason to report what is going on.